Offbeat and eco-friendly decorative objects: such is the credo of the French brand Cocobohème.

Created in 2006 by Catherine Fouchard, a graphic designer, and Christian Mégevand, a scenographer and decorator, Cocobohème is simultaneously a shop, a show room and a workshop creating designer objects. The brand rapidly made a name for itself with its slate stickers cut into Chinese shadow shapes with vegetable or animal patterns. Conran Shop, Bonton and le Bon Marché department store are among the addresses that distribute their products. The editor / designer couple are never lost for ideas, and they design objects that are produced as series and one-off pieces alike. A pie dish with a paper d’oiley printed on it, a chopping board shaped like a pig, table mats in butcher’s paper etc. The inspiration for the objects comes from a dreamlike, animal world and childhood souvenirs: market day, Sundays spent with grandparents… a fantasy world where old fashioned flowers and stylised animals mingle, as do allusions to tradition and design, flashy colours and pastels. And they are all made with sustainable materials and all made in France! In 2013, the two designers founded a new design furnishing house, Les Confidentielles, aimed at a clientele of high-end resellers on the lookout for quality creations that meet high expectations and are singular in appearance. For its first collection, the brand experimented with wood in all its moods: bright with the “aérostère” lamp, sensual with the fine bouche table mats and fruit bowl, intimate with the braided orange kimono screen, extravagant with the fake eyelash mirrors and the clock where time is suspended…